The Hermit Club
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Morning, hermits. Glad to see Cami. You've been missed. Someone was so worried they were going to send in a pm to root you out.
Jazzy, hope your birdlet survives. Reminded me I need to get someone to help me fill my umpteen feeders. Like they'll starve.
Didn't sleep much last night, night sweats so bad I had to strip down, even with fan blowing right on my face.
I know I'll get used to the port, but every time I move my arm I feel that sucker. My body doesn't like the foreign object.
And my nonexistent boobs hurt.
Hot mess today.
This is Rose. She is not a cuddler. But she's taken to hanging out on the back of the pit group where my recliner is. When she's feeling magnanimous, she lets me rub her tummy.
She has the cutest heart on her tummy.
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Mags- I am sorry you did not sleep well and sorry you have pain and discomfort today. Your sweet little Rose is your comfort right now. I love the heart shaped spot on her tummy! She loves you.....
Also, I will be 89 not 109 with the next full moon on Friday the 13th. I am only 54! LOL!
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I know that song! Oldie, but a goodie!
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And it's fathers day weekend too. For some here, you may still have your dads, or may be celebrating Fathers Day via your husbands, sons, or other men in your family. Or perhaps thinking of a father that is no longer with you as I am today.
I was pretty close to my dad, more so as I matured into adulthood. He taught me many good practical things in life, especially around working and about cars. I have often recall his wisdom during troubling times with my work and with my cars! When I was in college in the area where I grew up, he worked nearby and we would sometimes meet for lunch. How special those lunch dates were to me!
I would love to hear other stories about the dads here from the hermits......
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Good Morning hermmies.
Oh Onco I know what u mean after living 96 yrs we should have written a book, we did however tape so many conversation my sister and I would have on our Saturday afternoons lunch and visits--Of course I lived upstairs so we had coffee every morning before I went to work (I worked acroos the street) and when it was nice he'd take a walk with me to work and stop in and say Hi to everyone. He was one of the funniest people I ever knew but he didn't know it ever. That's why we taped him. And my friends loved him and so did the people I worked with. When he went blind he never complained and just stayed home more but was still so wonderful and since I was his _baby" he wa so generous with me and my kids cuz we were alone most of the time, when I was lone with my 2 little ones I had to live with them and my dad thought OK u live in the house and we'll move so the kids will have a yard and live like they should and they moved to a retirement community and loved it and my dad put up a swing set for my kids so they would feel +normal+ and he'd come every Tuesday and do the lawn and anything else that needed to be fixed. And I didn't have to pay anything--Boy was I spoiled, then they sold the house and I did get an apartment and my dad insisted on paying for the rent so I could work but not take time away from my kids, cuz they were still young,Then as they got older I got two jobs to pay everything myself but I could still count on them always. Well I went on and on but I miss my dad terribly, of course my mom too but I was very close to my dad, my sister more with my mom. My brothers were pretty much equal. Oh one more thing for now--my mom (even before he was blind) always put his clothes out for him cuz I like him would wear sweats and tee anywhere so she wanted him to look nice and one time he came out of the bedroom and saying this vest doesn't fit at all (now he could see then) and he's saying it's going up my stomach and when he came out it was white with flowers all over it--it was my mom's vest--that's what I mean when I say he never knew he was funny.OK done.
I'm having my coffe right now and my phones already started for the day. so we'll see what this day brings.
I hope everyone has a beautiful day.
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Cami- wow, what wonderful memories of your dad. He really cared about you, and can see you had a special bond. He sounded like he had a wonderful sense of humor too! Now we know where you get your witty personality from!
I miss my dad alot too, and the the most when I am dealing with car problems or working on anything with the house. I was out this morning at a flooring showroom starting my review of the hardwood flooring options as I am going to replace the crapped out carpeting in the living room and bedrooms. I was thinking how much I would have loved to have him along with me for his perspective on what flooring to select, things to consider, etc.
Teka- I hope the painting comes along well today! Hope you get to relax with your feet up at the end of the day with a nice cool beverage too!
I hope Basia, Mags, Lily, Blondie, Sally, Ducky, and others here are doing okay today too.
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Hi Jazzy..........hanging in there......hugs
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Hi Ducky- Actually doing well today. I am used to missing family. My dad has been gone for a long time.
It's nap time!
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Teka
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For you Teka!
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Jazzy, that flower is beautiful. I think I have said it before ... you have a huge variety of plants/flowers in your yard.
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Jazzy the color is gorgeous.
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CC- I am interested and glad to hear your Achilles is better today. That is certainly good news, and hope you are having a good day today. I hope your daughter is getting better one day at a time.
My asthma has been bothering me this week, and it is super windy out here today (hot summer wind is yucky) so I am staying in the cool indoors and working on packing for my trip to Aspen. Think I got a lot of that figured out today. Going to go swim in awhile to wrap up my day with some laps in the pool.
I got a sample of wood flooring to try in the house and moving it around different rooms to see if it works as a "whole" for the house. I plan to do my living room and master bedroom for Phase 1, and then do the spare bedrooms next year for Phase 2. My rooms have different colors so I need to find something that generally works with everything, which may be easier said than done. I sort of think this one will work, but not sure. My guess is I will be back and forth to the flooring center a few times before the final product is selected.
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Teka- oh love the root beer memory! My dad loved root beer floats. We used to go to Dairy Queen a lot for those! Makes me want one!
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I am hanging in there. All the Fathers Day talk — I didn't have a dad. I had a father who was a military officer, who viewed us as small enlisted personnel whose job was to obey without question. I know he was a very damaged person, but we didn't understand that.
I am blessed, however, with a particularly amazing husband, who is a great dad to our four-footers, and like a big brother to my son, who is only 9 years younger than he.
My dad lived to be 95 miserable years old and died bitter and alone. I pray my husband lives as long, and that I'm still around for him.
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Mags- not everyone gets the parents they deserve and it sounds like that was the case with your dad. I am sorry to hear about your experience with your father. Sometimes we meet people in life who teach us what we don't want to be.
You have been blessed with a kind and caring husband who is a good father figure to others. I hope he has a nice day tomorrow.
And I hope you are feeling better each day.
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Onco I'm glad u'r phone visit was good with u'r DD and yes take care of that foot and glad its better.
Mags sorry about u' dad but u'r DH has made up for that in so many ways, so u are blessed.
Teka recliner is how I live and sleep.
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Cami......hope your feeling more like yourself................
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Good morning all. I kind of feel relaxed like Jazzy's lion looks. There are three things I want to accomplish today. First one, a walk, is done. Next one, creating a new planting in one of my barrels, is next. The least fun one, cleaning a bathroom, is last. I think it was unwise to put the least fun one last! That was a sun decision ... not wanting to be in the sun.
I am thinking of you all ... I am grateful for you all.
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Sally- you have a nice day planned. Post a picture of your new plantings if you can later today. As you know, we love all things garden here!
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Teka- ooh la la! That is beautiful! I could sink right into that pool right now!
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One of my favorite pics, I took this on a Caribbean cruise. It was August and the sea was like glass.
I have another cruise waiting at the end of my treatment journey, whenever that should be. Already paid for.
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